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  • 2 dogs rescued off 14er

    August 10, 2012 12:56 PM

    BRECKENRIDGE, Colo. (AP) - Two dogs are safe after more than 20 rescuers pulled them off a Colorado mountain. Authorities say two climbers and their two dogs ran into a problem July 24 descending Quandary Peak, which is over 14,000 feet high. According to the Denver Post, both climbers were... more »
  • Food safety course offered

    March 19, 2012 6:21 PM

    A certified course is planned for next month to teach food service professionals how to keep food safe. ServSafe, the Serving Safe Food Certification Course will be conducted in a two-part course Tuesday, April 10 and Wednesday, April 11 from 2:00 pm-7:30 pm each day in Pueblo. Limited space... more »
  • Home made explosive devices found near Rampart High School

    August 13, 2011 1:44 PM

    Colorado Springs Police and the regional Bomb Squad Unit were called to an open area near Rampart High School after someone reported finding small "Pill Containers" with what appeared to be black gun powder in them. The bomb squad responded with their robot to remove the items and determine if... more »
  • UPDATE: Suspicious package determined safe at USOTC

    May 7, 2011 12:57 PM

    The Colorado Springs Police Department working with the U.S. Olympic Training Center Security Team has been able to determine that the object found and originally thought to be suspicious has now been determined safe. Earlier, construction workers were asked to identify the tool box that was found and no one... more »
  • WWI chemical found inside old safe

    March 17, 2011 6:44 PM

    Police officers were called to an an antique store at 1710 Dublin this morning when someone found two glass tubes inside an old safe. Originally the person who found them thought they could be nitroglycerin, an explosive. An investigation showed the tubes contained chloropicrin, a World War I... more »
  • Students collect donations for surrendered newborns

    February 9, 2011 12:29 PM

    Three Pueblo students are asking for donations that would help newborns who are legally surrendered after birth. They're collecting blankets, pacifiers and other unopened baby items to make care packages for each fire station in Pueblo. Under the Safe Haven law, a mother can give her infant to a... more »
  • Hundreds of babies surrendered under Safe Haven law

    December 29, 2010 2:55 PM

    A Pueblo baby that was surrendered at a fire station on Christmas Eve, was the 32nd baby given up in Colorado under the Safe Haven law in the past decade. The baby boy is now in custody of Pueblo County social services workers, until a permanent home can be found.... more »
  • UPDATE: Missing boy in Pueblo found safe

    December 5, 2010 2:14 PM

    Pueblo Police have just verified with NewsFirst5 that Matthew Aragon was found safe and in good condition. Matthew was reported missing after failing to return home from school on Friday. Pueblo Police issued a missing child report late Saturday night with a description and last known whereabouts. Matthew was... more »
  • Missing Pueblo West man found safe

    July 28, 2010 1:26 PM

    A Pueblo West man reported missing has been found safe and returned to his family. Joe Anthony Sanchez was last seen two weeks ago when he went for a drive. After photos of Sanchez were shown Tuesday by local media, and a description of his truck broadcast, his truck... more »
  • Missing 4-year-old Missouri girl found safe

    July 7, 2010 9:38 AM

    They're calling it a miracle - a 4-year-old girl abducted from the yard of her home, found safe 70 miles away more than 24 hours later. The FBI says witnesses late Tuesday saw what they thought was a little boy wandering around a suburban St. Louis car wash. It... more »
  • Local shrimp sales slide

    July 2, 2010 2:34 PM

    The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is causing problems for a Pueblo County business, showing just how far reached the effects can be. Don Kehoe started a small business in Colorado City in southern Pueblo County in February selling tackle, bait, crab legs, shrimp and even firewood.... more »
  • Plan nixed for cleanup of Colorado uranium mine

    May 21, 2010 8:28 AM

    State regulators have rejected a plan by Cotter Corp. to clean up contamination from a closed uranium mine that has flowed into a creek that feeds a Denver-area reservoir. The Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety said Thursday that it doesn't believe the plan would prevent uranium from... more »
  • Man installing safe at Denver-area bank crushed

    May 14, 2010 8:16 AM

    The Jefferson County sheriff's office says a man installing a 1.5-ton steel safe at a south-suburban Denver bank has died after the safe slipped and crushed him. Sheriff's spokeswoman Jacki Kelley says the man was pinned against a door, which trapped a co-worker in the room with him Thursday... more »
  • Mortgage rates drop to lowest level this year

    May 13, 2010 11:58 AM

    Mortgage rates fell this week to the lowest level of the year. The drop was caused by a high demand for U.S. government securities, which closely track mortgage rates, as investors fled risky European debt. The average rate on a 30-year fixed rate mortgage dipped to 4.93 percent this... more »
  • UPDATE: A look at food inspections in Pueblo County

    March 15, 2010 2:18 PM

    I just got done interviewing the Pueblo-City County Health Department about restaurant inspections. Here's what I found out. The health department inspects roughly 900 retail food establishments in Pueblo County every year. Each establishment is inspected once or twice a year, depending on the type of facility and food being... more »
  • Geithner says US credit rating safe despite debt

    February 7, 2010 11:40 AM

    Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says the U.S. government "will never" lose its sterling credit rating despite big budget deficits and a newly increased debt limit that now tops $14 trillion. Geithner says in an interview broadcast Sunday that in times of economic crisis, international investors will continue to buy U.S.... more »
  • Vaccine effective in blocking swine flu

    December 16, 2009 4:45 PM

    Data are in from three big studies of the H1N1 swine flu vaccine -- researchers say adults had at least 95-percent immunity to the swine flu virus after just one dose. Kids under 10 had a lower immune response after one dose -- suggesting they need two, just as the... more »
  • NATO: Huge cache of bomb material seized

    November 10, 2009 6:05 PM

    In a move that could save the lives of Fort Carson soldiers, international troops and Afghan police seized 250 tons of ammonium nitrate fertilizer - enough to make up hundreds of roadside bombs, the Taliban's most lethal weapon in what has been the deadliest year of the war, NATO announced... more »
  • Home invasion in the Springs, safe stolen

    September 13, 2009 7:52 PM

    A woman and her 2 year old boy were assaulted Sunday afternoon after two men broke into a home in central Colorado Springs. According to Colorado Springs Police, two men broke through the back door of a home on North Weber Street just after 12:30 p,m. The victim told police... more »
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